Construction #7
c. 1950-1952
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linocut
Dimensions
image: 470 x 260 mm sheet: 533 x 318 mm
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Accession Number
2008.115.1721
Art Historical Context
"Construction #7" is a striking linocut created by American artist Paul A. Feldhaus around 1950–1952. This print, measuring roughly 18½ by 10¼ inches in the image area, exemplifies the mid-century interest in geometric abstraction and modernist design. The title suggests an exploration of architectural or structural forms, rendered through bold, simplified shapes typical of the period’s experimental printmaking. Linocut, the medium used here, involves carving a design into a linoleum surface, inking the raised areas, and pressing it onto paper. Favored by many twentieth-century artists for it...